First Trimester Recap

Yesterday I finally hit 12 weeks.  Here's a few of my thoughts on the past 3 months and comparisons to my first pregnancy:

• I'm not the pregnancy women who gets "the glow."  Unfortunately, I'm the prego who gets terrible acne.  Luckily they're mostly around my hairline, but still!
• This time seems to be going much faster than before.  Having a 2 year old seems to make a difference.
• I'm thankful for a husband who made dinner for about 4 weeks straight because I didn't have the energy or stomach for it.
• I seemed to feel worse this time around, but it didn't last as long.  I started feeling much better around 11 weeks.
• I haven't gained any weight, but I started off 5 pounds heavier than with Riley. This time around I just feel fat. 
• I am determined to not gain 55 pounds this time around! 
• We heard the heart beat again yesterday.  It was 174.  Riley's was always around 145.  Wives tales say that means we're going to have another girl.  But the doctor reassured Brett that we still have a 50/50 chance for a boy.

We have confirmed that we are 100% going to be taking the progesterone shots to try to avoid pre-term labor.  The statistics say that women who go into pre-term labor spontaneously have a 30% chance of having another pre-term labor.  With the progesterone shots it will reduce the changes to under 10%.  So, around 17-18 weeks I'll begin my weekly Dr visit for the shot.  I'll continue to get the shot until I'm 34 weeks.  Truthfully, I hope that I don't go into labor 5 weeks early again, but dear God am I terrified to have normal sized baby!  Yikes!  I know the pain of delivering a baby under 5 pounds and try not to even imagine a larger baby.  Oh well.  Healthy baby.  That's what I'm channeling!

Lastly:

Here's my Super Riley.  Look at that hair.  Any suggestions on what to do with it.  Right now it's crazy and growing super fast!